Voted National Sportswriter of the Year for 1989, 1990, and 1993, National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Famer Peter Gammons heads up this collection of the best sporting writing for 2010. Here are Malcolm Gladwell on "Offensive Play"; Alexander Wolff's depiction of "The NFL's Jackie Robinson"; and Jeanne Marie Laskas warning "This Is Your Brain on Football." Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For this title, as for each of the others, a series editor reviews hundreds of periodicals, then selects between 50 and 100 outstanding works. The guest editor—a recognized expert in the field—then pares the list down to the 20 or so very best pieces.